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EP 0 957 986 A1
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Date of publication:
24.11.1999
Bulletin 1999/47
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Application number:
96927377.0
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Date of filing:
09.08.1996
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International Patent Classification (IPC):
A61N
1/
39
( . )
(86)
International application number:
PCT/US1996/013016
(87)
International publication number:
WO 1997/006854
(
27.02.1997
Gazette 1997/10)
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Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
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Priority:
11.08.1995
US 19950513685
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Applicant:
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.
St. Paul, Minnesota 55112-5798 (US)
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Inventors:
HSU, William
Circle Pines, MN 55014 (US)
LIN, Yayun
St. Paul, MN 55113 (US)
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Representative:
Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis
BERESFORD & Co. High Holborn 2-5 Warwick Court
London WC1R 5DJ
London WC1R 5DJ (GB)
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